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What are your contexts?
kenzi | Apr 18 2006
I have been rereading some of Merlin's posts now that I have started GTD implementation and his post about contexts was really helpful because I am unsure about the contexts that I have set up. I found it interesting to read his list of contexts, and thought it would be helpful to hear what others have in their lists of contexts. Please post your contexts, maybe with a little explanation about the logic behind your system. Thanks. Here is my list (feel free to critique it): home: computer My logic: I have a home business that involves selling stuff online, meeting clients outside my home and also having clients to my house, plus I have a night job (for rent money and benefits) where, if I have downtime, I can do whatever I want (within reason) including phone calls, research, errands etc. I split out errands to "out" and "work" because there are some errands I can do near work, but actually those can be done at anytime, like on my way to work, so I will probably eliminate "work: errands". "Home: do" is a catch-all for chores and non-work stuff around the house that doesn't fit the other categories; I am thinking of breaking that out a little more. "Think, create" is another catchall for brainstorming, sketching, mulling in a controlled situation...not just daydreaming, but working out ideas for a specific project. 79 Comments
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I use a palm and...Submitted by vrillusions on November 15, 2006 - 8:57am.
I use a palm and notepad for all my tasks, so I'm limited by the 16 category limit, which is fine for me. This is still a work in progress, but here's my contexts at the moment: @agendas Non GTD categories: @agendas is probably used a little differently than it's proper meaning. I use it more for things that I've lent out to people. For example a friend had car trouble and I lent him some money, I have a 'money bob owes...' and mention everything in there. So it's more of a list of stuff I should remind someone else the next time I see them. The other interesting thing I've done on the palm is the use of "..." for note titles to indicate there's more to it than a single line. For example I have an item "set up auto-pay for » POSTED IN:
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